Thursday, February 17, 2011

Today's lunch! Nothing too inspiring, I'm afraid. I'm still wishing I could get creative like some of the sites I see out there with fancy sandwiches cut into cute shapes and all of that, but I just can't seem to muster the energy (or time!) for that! Oh well. As long as E is eating healthy stuff, or relatively healthy, that's what matters.

• PB&J on whole wheat
• corn with soy butter
• almonds
• panda cookies
• water
• morning snack: blackberries, cheese crackers

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Lunch!

• wheat pasta with diced tomatoes and shakey cheese
• chickpeas
• celery
• blueberries and kiwi (not shown, added later!)
• water
• morning snack: water, pretzels

Monday, February 14, 2011

E loves holidays, even non-holidays like Valentine's Day. I gave him two books, a box of dark chocolate hearts from Trader Joe's, and a plastic thing that says "I luv U" that you push into a slice of bread before you put it in the toaster. (Note: It doesn't seem to work.) He spent the morning before school setting up the table with the stuff. He's too cute. Anyhow, in honor of this day, I gave E the classic Valentine's combo: chocolate and strawberries. Voila.

• brown rice
• steamed carrots with soy butter
• strawberries
• dark chocolate hearts from TJ's
• water
• morning snack: water, blackberries

Friday, February 11, 2011

So the pudding in yesterday's lunch was not a hit, as I had expected. E didn't like the banana taste. I should have known -- he's not that into fresh bananas, either. Oh well. More for me, I guess! (Seriously, these are sooooo good!)

• pesto tortellini
• corn with soy butter
• kidney beans
• cocoa batons (Yes, that's what Trader Joe's calls them. Little chocolatey wafers with a chocolate filling. Thankfully they are NOT vegan or else I would have eaten the entire box before they made it to the bento lunch. They smelled amazing.)
• water
• morning snack: water, grapes

Thursday, Februry 10, 2011

Lunch! I think this is a good one!!

• wheat tortilla with melted cheese and shredded lettuce
• broccoli with soy butter
• blueberries
• banana soy pudding
• water
• morning snack: water, pretzels

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

I got home late last night and so I made it easy on myself and kept today's lunch cook-free. I need to make more lunches like this one! :-)

• hummus
• carrots, cucumber sticks, celery, and huge crouton for dipping
• Babybel chedder cheese
• pretzels
• water
• morning snack: water, bananna

Monday, February 7, 2011

This is week 6 of the Soup Project. I made something simple: Carrot Ginger. I made it even easier by using frozen leeks -- something I recently discovered at Trader Joe's. Leeks are not something I usually have on hand so I was excited to see this new item in the frozen food section at TJ's. My verdict? An awesome find! If you have a TJ's near you, go out and get some....now. Run. Don't walk.

Oh, yeah, here's today's lunch!

• wheat pasta with shakey cheese
• black beans
• strawberries and grapes
• baby orange tomatoes
• water
• morning snack: water, mixed berry cereal bar

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Another snow day yesterday. I know I live in New England and we get snow, but this is getting ridiculous! (A day at home did, however, allow me to make yummy fried rice!)

 • tofu
• homemade fried rice (brown rice, broccoli, peas, edemame, soy sauce, sesame oil)
• peanuts
• grapes
• water
• morning snack: water, granola bar

Piled high on the stone wall!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

With more snow falling today (what are we at, 100 inches so far?!), I present today's lunch. I made extra home fries for one of my co-workers who always has nice things to say about E's lunches. (Yes, that's you, Matt.)

• home fries!
• baby orange tomatoes
• garlic bread with soy butter
• raspberries and a dark chocolate peanut butter cup (from Trader Joe's)
• water
• morning snack: water, Pirate's Booty

Monday, January 31, 2011

Today's lunch:

• pinto bean spread on whole wheat
• wheat couscous with peas and soy butter
• dried prunes
• Panda cookies, courtesy of E's pal, Lex
• water
• morning snack: water and choice of apple or cereal bar (E has a loose tooth and hasn't been excited about hard food.)